Classic Rock Albums

The fourth studio album and the second with Eugent Bushpepa. Reigning Phoenix Music issues it worldwide on 11 September 2026, the physical edition a double CD carrying the previous year's live album Live at Hallenstadion Zurich as its bonus disc. Ward Records releases the Japanese edition as GQCS-91785~6.

Splat!, DEEP PURPLE's 2026 album, plays with a light touch, built on seasoned improvisation, blues warmth and the dialogue of keyboards and guitar.

The 55th-anniversary edition of Thin Lizzy's 1971 debut: three SHM-CDs and an audio Blu-ray, carrying Richard Whittaker's new stereo mixes and fifteen previously unreleased recordings.

An EP Aerosmith made with Yungblud: four songs the two acts wrote together and a 2025 mix of "Back In The Saddle" from Rocks, the first new Aerosmith music in over twelve years.

A recording of the band's 3 July 2025 support slot for Judas Priest at the Hallenstadion in Zurich — nine songs, around forty minutes, in front of what the band puts at seven thousand people. It appeared on 19 December 2025 as a digital-only release.

Nine songs, about forty-two minutes, rebuilding the Decca-era material around new acoustic playing by Eric Bell.

=1 finds DEEP PURPLE welcoming a fresh guitar color while reaffirming the essentials that have long defined the band: spontaneity, sharp riffing, and unshakable groove.

CoreLeoni's first live album, drawn from the Rock Generation Tour of 2022 — the first tour with Eugent Bushpepa — and specifically the show in Spiez, Switzerland on 25 March 2022. Metalville Records released it on 27 October 2023.

CoreLeoni's first album of original material, and the first with Eugent Bushpepa singing. Production problems pushed the international release back a week to 20 May 2022, while the Japanese edition kept the original date of 13 May. The band reported it reaching No. 2 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Germany.

Crazy Times is a useful way to hear SAMMY HAGAR from a different angle within the 2022 catalogue.

Turning to Crime is Deep Purple’s first studio album built entirely from songs written by others.

Lockdown 2020 is a covers album SAMMY HAGAR made remotely with friends during the restrictions of 2020, recasting each original in his positive sound.

Continuing its collaboration with producer Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple’s twenty-first album balances hard-rock weight with a relaxed sense of play.

The second album with Ronnie Romero singing. Alongside further early Gotthard songs it carries two new ones, "Queen of Hearts" and "Don't Get Me Wrong", and a cover of John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom". AFM Records released it worldwide on 27 September 2019.

Space Between is the first studio album by Sammy Hagar & The Circle, joining hard-rock drive and blues warmth to songs that take stock of life.

The debut album by CoreLeoni, the band Gotthard guitarist Leo Leoni started in 2017. It re-records early Gotthard songs the parent band had stopped playing, with Rainbow's Ronnie Romero singing. The international edition arrived on 23 February 2018; Ward Records had put the Japanese edition out nine days earlier, on 14 February.

The second album by The Struts of Derby, from October 2018: 1970s glam rock made with today's production.

The debut by Los Angeles's Twin Temple, from 2018: Satanism sung as 1950s doo-wop.

Infinite finds Deep Purple drawing on blues, hard rock and improvisational chemistry with both calmness and fire.

UFO's first covers album, released by Cleopatra Records on 29 September 2017, honours twelve favourites from the Yardbirds and the Doors to ZZ Top.

Beautiful Broken revisits parts of Heart’s catalogue through a present-day lens, pairing reworked material with a small number of new songs.

Toto XIV uses Toto’s refined ensemble work, rich chord sense and dependable melody to portray mature rock and AOR at their best.

UFO's 2015 album, produced by Chris Tsangarides in Kent and first out in Japan and Scandinavia on 18 February, was the first with bassist Rob De Luca.

The debut album by Sweden's Blues Pills, out on Nuclear Blast in July 2014: the late 1960s, recorded now.

Life, Love & Hope uses layered choruses, clear guitar color and wide-opening melodies to revisit the best qualities of Boston’s long-developed sound.

Now What?! lets Deep Purple’s organ-and-guitar exchanges, thick bass and flexible drumming carry a mature version of the band’s long-standing identity.

Sammy Hagar & Friends brings together various guests for a relaxed run through hard rock, blues and melodic rock.

Music from Another Dimension! moves through bluesy rock and roll, catchy arena rock and emotional balladry as if surveying Aerosmith’s long career from several angles.

Fanatic moves between powerful vocals, acoustic shading and heavy guitar riffs to show Heart’s continuing rock vitality.

Recorded with Tommy Newton in Celle and out first in Japan on 22 February, UFO's 2012 album went straight to the top of the UK Rock & Metal chart.

Red Velvet Car shows Heart’s mature rock character through deep vocals, weighty guitar and measured arrangements.

UFO's 2009 album, first out in Japan on 20 May, was made without founding bassist Pete Way, who was being treated for a liver condition.

Cosmic Universal Fashion keeps Sammy Hagar’s hard-rock strength while blending it freely with funk, blues and pop instincts.

Livin' It Up! finds Sammy Hagar using thick guitar, lively beat, and an open vocal to make relaxed hard rock.

Falling in Between joins Toto’s polished pop instinct to hard-rock weight and progressive construction.

UFO's album of 25 September 2006 brought founding drummer Andy Parker back and was the band's last album with bassist Pete Way.

Rapture of the Deep lets Steve Morse’s guitar, Don Airey’s keys and Ian Gillan’s voice interact with natural ease.

Honkin’ on Bobo revisits blues standards as rough, living Aerosmith rock and roll.

Jupiters Darling naturally places heavy-guitar rockers beside quieter songs shaped by acoustic texture.

Released in Europe on 16 February 2004, this was UFO's first album with Vinnie Moore and Jason Bonham, produced by Tommy Newton near Hanover.